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Informationen zum Autor THE EDITORS Sam M. Intrator is assistant professor of education and child study at Smith College. He is a former high school teacher and administrator and the son of two public school teachers. He is the editor of Stories of the Courage to Teach and author of Tuned In and Fired Up: How Teaching Can Inspire Real Learning in the Classroom . Megan Scribner is a freelance writer, editor, and program evaluator who has conducted research on what sustains and empowers the lives of teachers. She is the mother of two children and PTA president of their elementary school in Takoma Park, Maryland. Royalties from this book will be used to fund scholarship opportunities for teachers to grow and learn. Klappentext Those of us who care about the young and their education must find ways to remember what teaching and learning are really about. We must find ways to keep our hearts alive as we serve our students. Poetry has the power to keep us vital and focused on what really matters in life and in schooling. Teaching with Fire is a wonderful collection of eighty-eight poems from well-loved poets such as Walt Whitman, Langston Hughes, Billy Collins, Emily Dickinson, and Pablo Neruda. Each of these evocative poems is accompanied by a brief story from a teacher explaining the significance of the poem in his or her life's work. This beautiful book also includes an essay that describes how poetry can be used to grow both personally and professionally. Teaching with Fire was written in partnership with the Center for Courage & Renewal and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Gratitudes xi A Note to Our Readers by Sam M. Intrator and Megan Scribner xiii Introduction by Parker J. Palmer and Tom Vander Ark xvii Hearing the Call 1 Bob O'Meally's "Make Music with Your Life" submitted by John J. Sweeney 2 Marge Piercy's "To be of use"submitted by Katya Levitan-Reiner 4 Pablo Neruda's "The Poet's Obligation" submitted by William Ayers 6 Gabriele D'Annunzio's "I pastori"submitted by Susan Etheredge 8 Emily Dickinson's "The Chariot" submitted by Judy R. Smith 10 Alfred, Lord Tennyson's "Crossing the Bar"submitted by Marj Vandenack 12 William Stafford's "The Way It Is"submitted by Lisa Drumheller Sudar 14 Walt Whitman's Preface to "Leaves of Grass" [Excerpt] submitted by Lori Douglas 16 Langston Hughes's "Dream Deferred"submitted by Heather Kirkpatrick 18 Marian Wright Edelman's "I Care and I'm Willing to Serve"submitted by Linda Lantieri 20 Cherishing the Work 23 Billy Collins's "First Reader"submitted by Sandra Dean 24 Gary Snyder's "Axe Handles"submitted by Curtis Borg 26 David Whyte's "Working Together"submitted by Jani Barker 28 Marcie Hans's "Fueled"submitted by Betsy Motten 30 William Carlos Williams's "The Red Wheelbarrow" submitted by Sarah Fay 32 George Venn's "Poem Against the First Grade"submitted by Theresa Gill 34 Jeff Moss's "On the Other Side of the Door"submitted by Lamson T. Lam 36 Lydia Cortés's "I Remember" submitted by Sonia Nieto 38 Robert Frost's "Nothing Gold Can Stay" submitted by Troyvoi Hicks 40 Gary Blankenburg's "The Mouse" submitted by Ellen Shull 42 Lewis Buzbee's "Sunday, Tarzan in His Hammock" submitted by Dan Mindich 44 On the Edge 47 John Milton's "Paradise Lost, Book VIII" submitted by John I. Goodlad 48 Stephen So...
